Gaston Leroux: The Mystery of the Yellow Room

CHAPTER 22: The Incredible Body (continued)

"The man you believe to have been shot was killed by the stab of a knife in his heart!"

I thought Rouletabille had gone mad; but, bending over the body, I quickly satisfied myself that Rouletabille was right. Not a sign of a bullet anywhere - the wound, evidently made by a sharp blade, had penetrated the heart.